Fears, tears and cheers: all in a day at American airports

After a court stayed Donald Trump's travel ban, the scenes on ground were incredulous

Hours after Donald Trump’s executive order to bar travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, chaos and pandemonium ensued at airports across the US.

The order temporarily bans refugees and visa holders from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen from entering the country, while Syrians are banned indefinitely. The detention of citizens from these countries ignited protests and received harsh criticism from lawyers and policy-makers across the globe. Federal judges in several states ruled on Saturday and Sunday that travellers being detained should be released.

Images and videos of released detainees and peaceful protests have since been going viral on social networks.